superb scores 5 stars

[Leon-y-k]

Comments

Front impact

The passenger compartment remained stable in the impact. Dummy readings indicated good protection of the front seat passengers' knees and femurs. Skoda showed Euro NCAP that occupants of different sizes, or those sat in different seating positions, would be equally well protected.

Side impact

The Superb scored maximum points for its performance in the side impact and pole tests.

Child-protection

Based on dummy responses in the dynamic tests, the Superb scored maximum points for its protection of the 1½ year dummy. The passenger airbag can be disabled to allow a rearward facing child restraint to be used in that seating position. However, information provided to the driver regarding the status of the airbag is not sufficiently clear. There was no adequate warning of the dangers of using a rearward facing child restraint without first deactivating the airbag. The presence of ISOFIX and top-tether anchorages in the rear outboard seats was not clearly marked.

Pedestrian protection

The bumper scored maximum points for the protection offered to pedestrians' legs. The bonnet surface provided mostly fair protection in the area where a child's head might hit. However, the bonnet was rated as predominantly poor for the protection offered to an adult's head and the front edge of the bonnet scored no points.

Euro NCAP - For safer cars | Skoda Superb

[rotodiesel]

Is this the new or the old Superb?

rotodiesel.

[Octygone]

I like the look of that, the passenger cabin doesn't deform at all in the head on

[Leon-y-k]

the mk3 :P

[skorob2007]

Here's an official Skoda Press Release about it:

ŠkodaAuto News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

28 May 2008

FIVE EURO-NCAP STARS FOR THE NEW SUPERB

The new Škoda Superb has received five stars in independent crash tests performed by Euro-NCAP. One of the factors to have contributed to the highest possible rating is a knee airbag. Commenting on the new Škoda Superb, Euro-NCAP points out that the protection of the occupants' knees and thighs is excellent.

The Superb has achieved the highest possible scores also in side impact and pole impact simulations, receiving 35 points for the protection of adults and 40 points for the protection of children. The quality of pedestrian protection is very high, too.

“The new Superb has been developed to provide the occupants with maximum possible safety. The Euro-NCAP results confirm that we have managed to produce a top-quality vehicle in terms of performance, user comfort, as well as safety, one of the key aspects from the customer's perspective, and I am indeed very pleased about that”, said Dr. Eckhard Scholz, Škoda Auto Board Member responsible for Technical Development.

Standard equipment for the new Superb includes seven airbags and other top-level safety elements, such as a new-generation chassis that is more rigid than that of the vehicle's predecessor and front seats optimised to protect the occupants from cervical spine injuries. Optional equipment includes two additional airbags, an adaptive front lighting system, and more. The new Superb will go on sale in the UK in September.

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Editors’ Notes

Škoda is the Manufacturer of Happy Drivers:

the new Octavia is the 2008 Auto Express Driver Power survey ‘Car of the Year’

Škoda is ranked second overall in the 2008 J D Power Study of Customer Satisfaction, and has been in the top five for the past 13 years.

Škoda is an environmentally-friendly manufacturer:

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Škoda is ranked as the fourth greenest make in the UK by Business Car.